{"id":1411462,"date":"2022-03-30T20:14:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T00:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411462"},"modified":"2022-03-30T20:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T00:14:55","slug":"new-york-times-columnist-roxane-gay-jada-pinkett-smith-shouldnt-have-to-tolerate-jokes-at-her-expense-nor-should-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-columnist-roxane-gay-jada-pinkett-smith-shouldnt-have-to-tolerate-jokes-at-her-expense-nor-should-you\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Columnist Roxane Gay: Jada Pinkett Smith Shouldn&#039;t Have to Tolerate Jokes at Her Expense, Nor Should You"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-times-columnist-roxane-gay-jada-pinkett-smith-shouldnt-have-to-tolerate-jokes-at-her-expense-nor-should-you%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411462&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><em>New York Times<\/em> contributor Roxane Gay has penned a column in defense of humorlessness in which she argues that black women like actress Jada Pinkett Smith shouldn\u2019t have to tolerate jokes made at their expense like the one Chris Rock told at the Oscars on Sunday, which prompted Will Smith to charge the stage and smack the comedian in the face.<\/p>\n<p>In her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/29\/opinion\/culture\/will-smith-oscars-roxane-gay.html\">column<\/a>, Gay compared Jada Pinkett Smith to Supreme Court nominee Judge\u00a0Ketanji Brown Jackson, claiming both women shouldn\u2019t be forced to endure insults and disrespect while under public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is a defense of thin skin,\u201d Gay wrote. \u201cIt is a defense of boundaries and being human and enforcing one\u2019s limits. It is a repudiation of the incessant valorizing of taking a joke, having a sense of humor. It is a rejection of the expectation that we laugh off everything people want to say and do to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gay didn\u2019t excuse Will Smith\u2019s physical assault at the Oscars. But she attempted to rationalize his behavior, saying he \u201cmost likely saw his wife\u2019s pain, and it\u2019s possible he was himself experiencing a moment of fragility, of thin skin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cIt\u00a0was also a rare moment when a [black] woman was publicly defended.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wrote a defense of thin skin and how it\u2019s fine if you don\u2019t want to take a joke, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kIZVIsyy7U\">https:\/\/t.co\/kIZVIsyy7U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 roxane gay (@rgay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rgay\/status\/1508863458493804545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the Oscars, presenter Chris Rock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/27\/watch-will-smith-smacks-chris-rock-on-stage-at-oscars\/\">cracked a joke<\/a> about Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s bald head, remarking that she should star in a sequel to <em>G.I. Jane<\/em>. The quip prompted Will Smith to storm the stage and slap Rock in the face.<\/p>\n<p>When he retook his seat, Will Smith shouted, \u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out of your fucking mouth!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below<\/strong><\/em> <em>(Warning: Strong language)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full video\/audio of Will Smith vs. Chris Rock. (NSFW language obviously.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7pX27lI3J\">pic.twitter.com\/k7pX27lI3J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Silverstein (@SilversteinAdam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SilversteinAdam\/status\/1508271139461771271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Gay compared Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s alleged ordeal on Oscars night to\u00a0Judge\u00a0Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s recent confirmation hearings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many [black] women, it was a painful spectacle because we know what it is like to experience that kind of scrutiny, interrogation and disrespect in personal and professional settings. We know what it\u2019s like to withstand scrutiny without intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/29\/jada-pinkett-smith-4-days-before-the-oscars-i-dont-give-two-craps-what-people-feel-of-this-bald-head-of-mine-i-love-it\/\">reported<\/a>,\u00a0Jada\u00a0Pinkett Smith demonstrated that she indeed has thick skin when she declared in a TikTok video just days before the Oscars that she doesn\u2019t care what people think about her baldness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t give two craps what people feel of this bald head of mine,\u00a0because guess what, I love it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David <\/em><em>Ng on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at\u00a0<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Times contributor Roxane Gay has penned a column in defense of humorlessness in which she argues that black women like actress Jada Pinkett Smith shouldn\u2019t have to tolerate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1411462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1411462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}